Since the beginning of our intensified cooperation in 2007, the Berlin Center for the History of Knowledge has developed into a scientific and organizational network of four Berlin institutions: Freie Universität Berlin (FU), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU), Technische Universität Berlin (TU), and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG).
In recent years, a forum for the history of knowledge has developed in which historical case studies are discussed and promoted as well as facilitating theoretical reflection on the history of knowledge as a new field of research. The center of Berlin also sees itself as a place to embed the history of knowledge within practices of research and teaching.
Activities include an international PhD program, the International Max Planck Research School “Knowledge and Its Resources: Historical Reciprocities” (IMPRS-KIR, since 2022), joint research groups, colloquia, workshops and conferences, and a program for postdoctoral researchers (2013–18).